List server
Season 1 Episode
- Season 1 What is Philosophy?
- Season 1 How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning
- Season 1 How to Argue - Induction & Abduction
- Season 1 Leonardo DiCaprio & The Nature of Reality
- Season 1 Cartesian Skepticism - Neo, Meet Rene
- Season 1 Locke, Berkeley, & Empiricism
- Season 1 The Meaning of Knowledge
- Season 1 Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience
- Season 1 Anselm & the Argument for God
- Season 1 Aquinas & the Cosmological Arguments
- Season 1 Intelligent Design
- Season 1 What Is God Like?
- Season 1 The Problem of Evil
- Season 1 Anti-Vaxxers, Conspiracy Theories, & Epistemic Responsibility
- Season 1 Indiana Jones & Pascal's Wager
- Season 1 Existentialism
- Season 1 Perspectives on Death
- Season 1 Batman & Identity
- Season 1 Personal Identity
- Season 1 Arguments Against Personal Identity
- Season 1 Personhood
- Season 1 Where Does Your Mind Reside?
- Season 1 Artificial Intelligence & Personhood
- Season 1 Determinism vs Free Will
- Season 1 Compatibilism
- Season 1 Language & Meaning
- Season 1 Netflix & Chill
- Season 1 How Words Can Harm
- Season 1 Nonexistent Objects & Imaginary Worlds
- Season 1 Aesthetic Appreciation
- Season 1 Aesthetics
- Season 1 Metaethics
- Season 1 Divine Command Theory
- Season 1 Natural Law Theory
- Season 1 Kant & Categorical Imperatives
- Season 1 Utilitarianism
- Season 1 Contractarianism
- Season 1 Aristotle & Virtue Theory
- Season 1 Moral Luck
- Season 1 What Is Justice?
- Season 1 Discrimination
- Season 1 Non-Human Animals
- Season 1 Family Obligations
- Season 1 Poverty & Our Response to It
- Season 1 Assisted Death & the Value of Life
- Season 1 What Is a Good Life?
Crash Course Philosophy - Season 1 Episode 28 How Words Can Harm
7.00 10 minutes Content warning: today’s episode contains language that some viewers might find upsetting and that may not be viewable in all settings.
We’ve talked about how language works and how powerful it can be. Sometimes, that power can be harmful. Today, Hank explains the use/mention distinction, the difference between dirty words and hate speech, as well as thick concepts and metaphorical identification.
